About alternatives to Matlab

[Jon Harrop]

Paul Rubin wrote:
> Well, work is already under way (already mentioned) to implement
> Python in Python, including a reasonable compiler (Psyco).
> 
> The big deficiency of MLton from a concurrency perspective is
> inability to use multiprocessors.  Of course CPython has the same
> deficiency.  Same with OCaml.  Is the ML community trying to do
> anything about this?

Yes. Several MLs support concurrency. Perhaps F# is the most notable in this
case because it would provide an easier path to JIT (to .NET IL).

Concurrent GC seems to be a lot slower though (e.g. Java or .NET vs OCaml or
MLton).

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Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy
Objective CAML for Scientists
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